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Isabella's is out of business, but there's another Italian joint there now. Also, take a look at Shops at Legacy, lots of dining options. Shops at Starwood has Trufire, a meh fake french place (Bonnie Ruth's), and a Sushi place. There's a new Brazilian Steak House on 121 near Stonebriar Mall, as is Platia, a nice Greek place. Fadi does a brisk trade in Mediterranean style food. Mojito's is also near Stonebriar, one of the few Cuban places in the area.

Bambu is very good, but as Twinwillow mentioned it's a drive from almost anywhere. We found Bangkok City (it may be the only restaurant that I've been to in Dallas that makes Mee Krob) to be just okay, but it's geographically undesirable (we're up in Frisco). Leslie Brenner mentioned Jasmine in Plano on Spring Creek in her review of PakPao, and we tried it last week. Not bad at all!

We tried Farnatchi's Pizza last night (their first night open!) in Addison at Beltline and Marsh. Outstanding... In-house made dough and sauce, premium toppings. New York style. Really big flavor. Calzone was great too!

We ordered our pie's takeout, so that fact that they're still sorting out the lights, decor and signs did bother us. We'll definitely be back again next week.

Since Ed's Deli folded, we've been going to Deli-News. I noticed the other day that a new deli called Roasters (www.roastersnydeli.com) is moving into Ed's location. Apparently part of a Florida-based chain... I'll give them a try at some point.

I've been frequenting this restaurant since Guidelive first mentioned them... Danny and his sister have been battling to keep the doors open from day one. The natives just don't seem to get the attraction of Mexican-style chicken. Their location in Plano may work against them. If they were on Preston near Stonebriar Mall, the Cali transplants (like us) would flock to them.

I had lunch there on Monday. Nice decor... The salsa was on the bitter side, and the table cloth on the table was dirty when we were seated. We ordered guacamole, which was good. My chicken enchilada was very mediocre, and our waitress was slow and not very attentive. In all, quite mediocre.

Ed's Deli (formerly Deli News Too) at Preston and 635 is excellent. My experience with the original location at Campbell and Preston was very mediocre. And Cindy's (I've only been to the Midway location) was very sub standard.